Báo cáo y học: "DeDefining the relationship between gastroesophageal reflux and cough: probabilities, possibilities and limitations" ppt

... AccessCommentaryDefining the relationship between gastroesophageal reflux and cough: probabilities, possibilities and limitationsMatthew M Eastburn1,2, Peter H Katelaris3 and Anne B Chang*1,4Address: ... controlled trials. Given these difficulties, it is not surprisingthat there is disparity of opinion between respiratory and gastroenterology society guidelines on the link between GORD and chronic cough. ... event may be up to 25%.Not only is it possible that two common symptoms maycoexist merely by chance but determining which symp-tom came first is difficult and opinions vary. Acutely,cough...

Báo cáo y học: "Modelling the relationship between obesity and mental health in children and adolescents: findings from the Health Survey for England 2007" pptx

... soon.Modelling the relationship between obesity and mental health in children and adolescents: findings from the Health Survey for England 2007Child and Adolescent Psychiatry and Mental Health ... tendency to dysphoric mood and low self-esteem that increases the risk of over-eating. The reasons for the non-linearity of the relationship between BMI and psychological adjustment require further ... sociodemographic and lifestyle (including physical activity levels) were adjusted for. These findings, along with the curvilinear relationship between adjusted BMI and emotional symptoms reported by the...

báo cáo khoa học: "Understanding the relationship between the perceived characteristics of clinical practice guidelines and their uptake: protocol for a realist review" doc

... sup-posed to work (and for whom), when they do work,when they don’t achieve the desired change in practices,why they are not effective in this, and why they are notbeing used. The body of literature ... attributes, and describe the relationships among them.Realist-review methodologyPioneered by Ray Pawson, the realis t review is an expli-citly theory-driven approach to the synthesis of evi-dence-it ... potentially relevantsynthesis methodologies, but in the process of choosing the realist review as the primary synthesis method, wediscovered that many underlying principles of othersynthesis...

Báo cáo y học: "How the relationships between general practitioners and intensivists can be improved: the general practitioners'''' point of view" ppt

... al. [20] showed that the use of astandardized community system between family GPs and emergency departments increases the quality of trans-ferred information and improves the GP's perceivedpatient ... none; and frequency of the use ofICU abilities). The relationship at admission and during the patient's stay in ICUEvery GP was asked about the rate of patient admission to the ICUs per year, ... (72%) and the intensivists (39%). During the patient's stay, GPscollected information by phone. Thirty-one percent of the GPs reported that the discharge letter was the onlycontact with the...

Báo cáo y học: " Measuring the time costs of exercise: a proposed measuring method and a pilot study" doc

... activity needs to be the least valu-able leisure time activity and motivated only by utility inuse; while the activity may include some utility in antici-pation, this utility must not motivate the ... activity. Hence, the utility in use of the activity forgone in the investigationmay represent the marginal value of leisure time. The yardstick method with two anchoring points - util-ity of ... isalways influenced by utility in anticipation. When weknow that something is good for our health, we generallyenjoy the activity more. The utility in anticipation willincrease the utility in...

Báo cáo Y học: Ligand-induced heterodimerization between the ligand binding domains of the Drosophila ecdysteroid receptor and ultraspiracle docx

... dimerization. Thesestudies were carried out by expressing the ligand-bindingdomain (LBD) of EcR and USP on two-hybrid vectors, and examining their ability to dimerize in the absence and presence of ecdysteroids. ... Further-more, the EcR fragment expressed in yeast was functional and bound radioactively labelled ecdysteroid specifically.Ligand binding was greatly enhanced by the presence of aUSP ligand ... determined by the two-hybrid assay and indicated by the appearance of basal (noninduced) b-galactosidaseactivity; + or – signs mean this activity to be significantly or unsig-nificantly higher than...

Báo cáo y học: "Lack of association between glucocorticoid use and presence of the metabolic syndrome in patients with rheumatoid arthritis: a cross-sectional study" ppsx

... includes dyslipidaemia [8], hyperglycaemia[9], insulin resistance [10], hypertension [11,12], and centralobesity [11]: these may collectively contribute to the develop-ment of the metabolic syndrome ... each of the individual components of the metabolic syndrome (dyslipidaemia, hypertension, hyperg-lycaemia, and central obesity) as well as the metabolic syn-drome itself.Materials and methodsRA ... compo-nents of the metabolic syndrome (high TG and hypertension),but not any of the other components (low HDL, obesity, and glucose intolerance) or the presence of the metabolic syn-drome itself....

Báo cáo y học: "Lack of association between mannose-binding lectin gene polymorphisms and juvenile idiopathic arthritis in a Han population from the Hubei province of China" docx

... the genotypic frequencies of codon 54 between patients with JIA and healthy controls (wild type, 71.0% versus 75.0%,respectively; heterozygous type, 25.8% versus 25.0%,respectively; and homozygous ... summarizes the relationship between MBL gene polymor-phisms and susceptibility to JIA.Materials and methodsPatients and controls The subjects enrolled in this study included 93 patients withJIA and ... to analyze the data.ResultsFindings in healthy controls The distribution of codon 54 gene polymorphisms in healthyHan-nationality Chinese children is shown in Table 1. The gen-otype and allele...

Báo cáo y học: "Lack of association between glucocorticoid use and presence of the metabolic syndrome in patients with rheumatoid arthritis: a cross-sectional study" pptx

... of the compo-nents of the metabolic syndrome (high TG and hypertension),but not any of the other components (low HDL, obesity, and glucose intolerance) or the presence of the metabolic syn-drome ... [10], hypertension [11,12], and centralobesity [11]: these may collectively contribute to the develop-ment of the metabolic syndrome [13,14] and atherosclerosis[15,16]. The metabolic syndrome, ... retrospective studies. The absence of a relationship between long-term GC use and the presence of the metabolic syndrome may be explained byphysical and metabolic changes occurring as part of the dis-ease...

Báo cáo y học: " A rigid barrier between the heart and sternum protects the heart and lungs against rupture during negative pressure wound therapy" doc

... barrier between the heart and the sternum prevents the heartfrom being drawn up and deformed by the sternaledges [11]. To the best of the authors’ knowledge, thisstudy is the first study to test ... sternotomy was performed. The pericardium and the left and right pleura were opened. The woundwas treated with NPWT in the presence or absence of arigid plastic disc inserted between the heart and the sternum. ... MM, and RI carried out the animal studies. SL, MM, and RI carried out the design of the study and MM and SL performed the statistical analysis. Allauthors read and approved the final manuscript.Competing...

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